From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 24 23:31:31 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B69B216A4D9 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:31:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12D6A43D39 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:31:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id E76BB8565D; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:01:27 +1030 (CST) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:01:27 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Edward Lichtner Message-ID: <20050224233127.GP36248@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZIEl/wF0/VSlIdtv" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where are the Xorg config files ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:31:31 -0000 --ZIEl/wF0/VSlIdtv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday, 24 February 2005 at 22:59:54 +0100, Edward Lichtner wrote: > Hi all, > I installed FreeBSD 5.3 along with Xorg 6.7.0-9 and KDE 3.3.0-4. I started > KDE by creating an .xinitrc file in my home directory containing the line= : > exec startkde > I then run startx and KDE starts up and works fine. > However, there is no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 or in /usr/X11R6/etc/X11, > and a =B3find=B2 search reveals no xorg.conf file anywhere. Since KDE see= ms to > work out of the box, I assume there is a config file that has been genera= ted > for Xorg somewhere. > Any idea where I can find it ? Look in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log. You should see something like: Release Date: 18 December 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.2 i386 [ELF]=20 Current Operating System: FreeBSD wantadilla.lemis.com 5.2-CURRENT FreeBS= D 5.2-CURRENT #1: Tue Jul 20 09:24:15 CST 2004 grog@kondoparinga.lemis.= com:/usr/obj/src/FreeBSD/WANTADILLA/src/sys/WANTADILLA i386 Build Date: 20 July 2004 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (=3D=3D) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (=3D=3D) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Dec 24 18:25:30 2004 (=3D=3D) Using config file: "/etc/XF86Config" (etc). You'll note in this case that it fell back to the XF86Config. This may be what's happening to you. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --ZIEl/wF0/VSlIdtv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCHmPPIubykFB6QiMRAgLNAJ0S1q7yoRx7qXB/NICkRM/9V/AIoACff1D8 Z4eFViE2lfCOPc2Vked+I0E= =i6y/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZIEl/wF0/VSlIdtv--